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Eleven year old Joaquin from the extremely poor area of Alto Peru in Lima has learned to surf on the nearby Pacific Ocean. If he keeps training hard, this sport may help him escape from poverty. Two local surfers have set up an organisation to help poor children learn how to surf. They try to teach them other values too, like respect for nature, education and cleanliness. They try to offer them an alternative to hanging out in the streets, joining gangs and using and dealing drugs.

Eleven year old Joaquin from the extremely poor area of Alto Peru in Lima has learned to surf on the nearby Pacific Ocean. If he keeps training hard, this sport may help him escape from poverty. Two local surfers have set up an organisation to help poor children learn how to surf. They try to teach them other values too, like respect for nature, education and cleanliness. They try to offer them an alternative to hanging out in the streets, joining gangs and using and dealing drugs.